Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-28


p.ckage in il trld thrm then ! would
600 home ~ the morning aud made same
remarl about h. iliing preparations. !
,lcpl there ;hlt u,.ht aud got MP quite
,uI,: We ale h.,rLtIs' and ] STATED
E,.,yyrrn $50 ?Ud 600 o'clock; ! did roi
reirrn the s.tac way went; returned ~
way we called the uejr cut; | vas u'ri
and muddy; when | got 10 llanltn'S Station
| BEGAN to brush the mud of my clothe';
saw a man whom | knew working a. boss
among the railroad men; ha | conversation
with different ONES; finally ! got on the
! train and
RETURNED TO lHE COVE:
cot off there Herman Campbell was in
advance of me: walked along pretty fast;
went over 10 the pest o. ce; think | got a
| letter. Mr.. Lee went along with me part OF
the way: we were talking about the |. >.
Senator; when we got to R.own's store ne
passgi on ahead OF me; | said 10 Brown
had taken box from there; paced on
down the road: Herman Campbell wa+
! inst little bit ahead ct me; opened the
cate aud TUNED TO go up home when some
one said "Mr. Baker, buggy came up;
/ woman looked ont and said, Mr.. Baker
tell your wife called yesterday and could
not yet in" | said 1t must have been
when we were out in the orchard. Don't
| know whether she heard me or not
| | asked her then, "WhO must tell her 1t
was-Mrs. Swemiuger?' 'Gcs, Dan :
wife" | then went up to the kitchen door
and found il locked; | inferred they had
gone t. town; stepped down and noticed
the rear side gate was slightly open;
went down and shut it; turned aud went
upon the porch; took hold of the knob 0I
| the door and ii opened; just rs opened II
| noticed the stats had been broken from
the windows; | put my satchel on the
chair, stepped on in and
SAW THE BODIES ON HE FLOOR.
| | reached down and took hold of Eliza aud
lifted her mp; she was cold and dead; did
not make any observation; | then ran out
Immediately and yelled murder" two oT
three times; | don't know who came; II
was ONLY few moments until quite a
| crowd arrived; | was ahont the house;
would inst 20 in and look aud then 20 out
again: | then noticed some things IN con-
! fusion about the house; found my pocket
book with the money gone, went out and
| paople began to talk to me; they asked me
! 4 hundred questions; "llow cid
they g,t in" who did it, ~ .
really don't know what did; ] rcmrm-
| Der Mr. kuuN asking me about the packet
book: | said Il found 1t ~ the ruom
around hy the back yad.' they pui a
guard over the house and said no, - dis
turb anything; at first fell in with the
idea that they had been killed while
asleep, Mr. Lee then spoke abont locking
the house up; sud there wys only one
outside key; saw the guards placed over
| the house. Ran GIlmnlc was at the lrJnt
| side entrance and Thomas Gardner at the
/ rear side enhance. think | started from
Imv house on Monday afternoon about
| TWENTY-FIVE mInUi.~ after three; ! took the
particular road that dI, because | WIS
not certain Of the train timc;ani thought
|ItI would see tar tram coming and could
not make il, would Just % on over 10
StruhenyilIr.I went 10 the spring 10 get
u duml, Of water. iEJt "a~ the only par
pose. had in uoiug there; have frequently
spoken in Conductor Fc:rrl. sometimes he
was IN % rund hunor aud s"mcum,s he
WAS not. had no intention oi d'~rrsPect
10 hm ~ not speaking; lid not feel rtll'd
upon to pay especial attention 10 him: saw
no one unou the train with whom ! MAS
acquainted
EXCEPT THOMAS GILMORE,
a irw DAYS before had received "a postal
card from my son telling about nay athcr's
condition; had previously talked with my
son about dividing the furniture with him.
my daughter i living near Pairs, Pa,
with benjamin Buchanan, ! heard Bond
testify that | WIS rubbing al my pants -
il in order t. g,t something out; there was
no truth in that statement; there was no
blood on my clothes to nab oil 81 far as ]
know: | bad plenty OF Opportunity {"
wash OIL ANYTHING wanted To nj my faith
rr's house; saw Herman Campbell on
the train - came along; | might have
had some conversation with him; can re
member: remember OF talking with hin
after got OH the train; SAW hlm ahead at
me after | left the pOStrilicr; he stopped
at the new railroad and | passed HIM;
when stopped at the gate lie passed by; !
did not know Ms SwuIln"Cn when saw
her; never had any introduction - her,
from the time ! saw my wife and mother
in law dead il was not more than
a halt minute until raised the alarm: be
heycthat Herman Campbell and David Hay
were the first parties coming tn tn house;
was very much shocked Hud lril very
bad over the affair; - far rs know my
grirt wls natural. remember about huoN
and Others saving ynu must be quiet, you
must stop aud tel! us about this; then !
would answer their questions; | tried to
answer some Of the question" put 1T me,
but there were more than | could; the
front door OF the house has always been ias-
tened with an iron bolt the rear hall door
had a cast iron holt and an old fashioned
drop; the door from the main hail To the
sitting room has bolt. There il only one
door leading from the kitchen outside; it
j. fastened from the inside with Hat bolt
it can be locked with a key; the key was
kept to the right "a you enter, hanging up
on a nail; Mrs McWha's trunk was kept
in the back bed room; their are two Win
dows to the kitchen; | did not notice any
thing peculiar about the windows when |
walked around from the kitchen door on
Tuesday morning.
Before the direct examination OF the
prisoner was completed Court adjourned.